diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yaml b/.github/workflows/build.yaml
index c46ef00..725956e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yaml
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Set up Python
       uses: actions/setup-python@v2
       with:
-        python-version: 3.8
+        python-version: 3.11
     - name: Remove version file
       # This is just in case something else created it, destroy it to get a fresh version
       run: rm -f dysql/version.py
diff --git a/dysql/test_managers.py b/dysql/test_managers.py
index eb71b10..9c774b4 100644
--- a/dysql/test_managers.py
+++ b/dysql/test_managers.py
@@ -206,20 +206,20 @@ def __init__(
 
     def _create_test_db(self) -> None:
         self._run(
-            f'mysql -p{self.password} -h{self.host} -N -e "DROP DATABASE IF EXISTS {self.db_name}"'
+            f'mariadb -p{self.password} -h{self.host} -N -e "DROP DATABASE IF EXISTS {self.db_name}"'
         )
         self._run(
-            f'mysql -p{self.password} -h{self.host} -s -N -e "CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS {self.db_name}"'
+            f'mariadb -p{self.password} -h{self.host} -s -N -e "CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS {self.db_name}"'
         )
         if self.schema_db_name:
             self._run(
                 f"mysqldump --no-data -p{self.password} {self.schema_db_name} -h{self.host} "
-                f"| mysql -p{self.password} {self.db_name} -h{self.host}"
+                f"| mariadb -p{self.password} {self.db_name} -h{self.host}"
             )
 
     def _tear_down_test_db(self) -> None:
         self._run(
-            f'echo "DROP DATABASE IF EXISTS {self.db_name} " | mysql -p{self.password} -h{self.host}'
+            f'echo "DROP DATABASE IF EXISTS {self.db_name} " | mariadb -p{self.password} -h{self.host}'
         )
 
     @sqlquery(mapper=CountMapper())
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index e3a4fc3..a4b6e4d 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@
 
 # Used in development, and as an extra
 pydantic>2
+typing_extensions==4.9.0